#53B79B#53B79B

#53B79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B79B
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 15.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -36.09, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 36.50, 171.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.1022 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.103 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4145, 38.0701, 36.9602)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B79B #B7536F

analogous

#53B769 #53B79B #53A1B7

triadic

#53B79B #9B53B7 #B79B53

tetradic

#53B79B #6953B7 #B7536F #A1B753

square

#53B79B #6953B7 #B7536F #A1B753

split-complementary

#53B79B #B753A1 #B76953

monochromatic

#2A6555 #3C9079 #53B79B #7EC9B4 #A9DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#53B79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B79B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B79B	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdb8',
    500: '#53b79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b79b;
$custom-light: #8ccdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B79B

secondary

#C99DA9

accent

#5779D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B79B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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